Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.

II /fV Z J. J. COLLINS. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAK.17, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFTGE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed March 17, 1905. Serial No. 250,589-

den and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of'this invention for improvements in non-refillable bottles is to provide devices of the class indicated which are of simple and durable construction, susceptible of inexpensive production, and efficient in the action to baflie attempts at refilling.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and the constructions of certain of the parts, all substantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claim.

The improved device is fully and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the neck portion of a bottle, with the new device in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the casing comprised as one of the components of the new device and which includes the valveseatas a part thereof, a part of said casing being represented as broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the guard included as a part of the new device and as seen in different positions. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the valve.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings, A represents a bottle having in the neck portion thereof near the junction of the neck with the body an internal annular groove a, which may be produced by molding in the original manufacture of the bottle.

B represents the cylindrical casing, which may be made in the form of a thin shell having at the bottom thereof an annular wall Z) with the central valve-seat opening (Z therethrough, and said casing, moreover, has opposite downwardly-projecting prongs ff, provided with short outwardly-extending lugs or projections g g, all so that the said shell or casing, closely fitting the passage through the bottle-neck, may by the said prong projections g g be interlocked in the said groove (0, it being understood that in forcing the casing down to its place the said prongs, which are of spring nature, will be forced slightly toward each other until the projections g g reach the groove, whereupon the prongs react outwardly, insuring the interlocking in such a manner as to absolutely prevent the withdrawal of the casing without demolishing the bottle. 0 represents the guard device. the body it of which is of a cylindrical form and of somewhat less diameter than that of the cylindrical opening within the casing b and has upper and lower annular flanges c 71, whereby there is produced an endwise-inclosed annular chamber between the inner wall of the casing and the outer surface of the body of the guard.

The guard-body has openings 10 and 12 leading from the upper and lower ends there- -of to intersect transverse openings 13 13 at has extendingdownwardly from its lower end Y and at one side thereof a lug j, to which the ear or ears k of the valve are pivoted at m.

The guard carrying the valve is combined with the casing, having the valve-seat portion before the casing is forced into and interlocked with the internally grooved bottle neck. These parts B and O are permanently united by a cross-pin n, which transversely intersects both the wall of the casing and the body of the guard.

As manifest, the inversion of the bottle results in the opening of the valve in an outward direction, permitting the liquid to flow through the valveseat opening into and through the bottom opening 12 and intersecting cross-openings 13 of the guard to the annular chamber between the guard and easingwall, thence through the second series of transverse passages 13, which intersect each other, and the passage 10 for free discharge at the mouth of the bottle.

The materials from which the new devices comprised in this non-refillable bottle may be of such as have fitness to the purpose-as, for instance,the outer shell or casing may be made of metal or combinations of metal and other material, the lug-provided prongsf f being necessarily spring reactiveand the guard may advantageously be of porcelain, glass, wood,aluminium,or other materia-hdue regard being had of course to the character of the contents for which the bottles are designed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a non-refillable bottle in combination, the bottle-neck having in its neck portion an internal annular groove, a cylindrical casing having a valve-seat opening in its bottom and having downwardly-extending spring prongs with outwardly-turned lugs to interlock in said annular groove, a guard-piece having its body of cylindrical form and of less diameter than the passage through the casing, provided with external upper and lower flanges, closely fitting in the casing, having a depending lug and constructed with separated upper and lower vertical passageaand with cross-passages at different heights, intersecting the vertical passages and communicating with the annular space between the guard-bod y and the internal Wall of the casing and at points intermediate of said upper and lower flanges, means for connecting the said casing and guard, and a valve cooperating at said valveseat opening and pivotally connected at one side thereof to the said depending lug of the guard.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES J. COLLINS. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, G. R. DRISCOLL. 

